Simona Gallerani
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Simona Gallerani | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) Bari, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Padua International School for Advanced Studies |
| Known for | Research on the structure of galaxies and active galactic nuclei, especially in the early universe |
| Awards | Livio Gratton Prize (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Observational cosmology |
| Institutions | Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (associate professor) |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrea Ferrara |
Simona Gallerani (born 1977) is an Italian observational cosmologist whose research focuses on the structure of galaxies and active galactic nuclei, especially in the early universe. She is an associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.[1]
Gallerani was born in Bari,[2] in 1977.[3] After earning a laureate at the University of Padua, she completed a Ph.D. in astrophysics at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste.[2] Her 2007 doctoral dissertation, Reionization signatures in quasar absorption spectra, was supervised by Andrea Ferrara.[4] It won the biennial Livio Gratton Prize of the Eta Carinae Association for the best dissertation in astronomy or astrophysics at an Italian institution.[5]
